McKerr group v the United Kingdom (Appl. No. 28883/95)

Briefed on: 15 September 2023, 26 February 2021, 6 September 2019 and 29 November 2016

Six of these judgments, delivered in 2001-2003, concern the deaths of the applicants’ next-of-kin in Northern Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s either during security forces operations or in circumstances giving rise to suspicion of collusion with those forces. In these cases the Court found the United Kingdom in violation of its procedural obligations under Article 2 (right to life) of the Convention.

Documents from the September 2023 briefing:

• Power point presentation by Daniel Holder, Deputy Director, CAJ

• Latest Rule 9.2 submission by CAJ (August 2023)

Documents from the February 2021 briefing:

• Power point presentation by Gemma McKeown, Solicitor, CAJ

• Latest Rule 9.2 submission by CAJ (February 2021)

• Link to the case and other relevant NGO submissions

Documents from the September 2019 briefing:

• Rule 9 submission by the Committee on the Administration of Justice (July 2019)

• Power Point presentation by Daniel Holder, Deputy Director, CAJ